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BuanraAdvxitUnf 962-116 Protesters bash inactive chancellor By John Broadfoot Staff Writer About 1 50 people gathered in front of what a sign called "Hardin's Plan tation" Thursday calling for Chancel lor Paul Hardin to respond personally to demands made by a coalition of campus groups. Ralliers slammed Hardin in a short protest on the South Building steps for not responding in a more complete fashion to the demands, which in clude a free-standing Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center, an endowed chair in Stone's name and University support for the housekeepers. "It would be great if we had a proactive chancellor, a chancellor that said, 'I see your goals, and I want to achieve them,'" said Scott Wilkens, Campus Y co-president. "It would be great if we had a reactive chancellor who said 'I hear your demands, and I'm going to follow what you are saying.' "We don't even have that," he said. "We have an inactive chancellor." Hardin met with administratorsand students leaders before Spring Break to discuss the demands. Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, addressed the concerns in a memorandum Wednesday. Arnie Epps, Black Student Move ment president, said that Boulton's memorandum was not an adequate response by the administration. "It's not satisfactory because it wasn't from (Hardin)," Epps said. "It was from Vice Chancellor Boulton. We took it as a slap in the face from the chancellor. "The chancellor is blatantly now being racist." Student Body President Matt Heyd criticized Hardin's lack of response to the coalition's requests. ... "The fact of the chancellor's non response is unacceptable, unpardon able and unreasonable," Heyd said. "Our message is simple. We're not going to wait any more. "We've gotten your message, and the message is 'these issues aren't Investigators find By Dana Pope Assistant City Editor Four human ears, a pair of testicles and a rib cage were among the human remains investigators found Wednes day at a house in northern Orange County, according to reports issued Thursday. The Orange County Sheriffs De partment has completed its investiga tion of the house and surrounding land. David Allen Sokolowski, 35, was arrested Monday after Orange County sheriff's deputies found him burning a skull and the left upper half of a torso in the backyard of the house he was rent ing at 3600 Mincey Road. State rules near UNC By Jennifer Brett Staff Writer Residents both praised and scorned the Landfill Owners Group decision Wednesday to require the Landfill Search Committee to add two to its list of potential landfill locations. ' Requirements regulating a mini mum distance of f 0,000 feet between landfills and airports mandated that Site 3, located south of Eubanks Road, be dropped from the list because of its proximity to Horace Williams Air port, state officials said Wednesday. But neither the Landfill Owner's Group (LOG) nor the Landfill Search Committee (LSC) had dropped the site from the list on Thursday. Scott Franklin, a member of the Stop the Eubanks Area Landfill (SEAL), said he was encouraged by the state officials' report. "I'm very happy about Site 3," he said. "I hope the committee will start listening to facts." Franklin said that while SEAL members acknowledged the eventual need for a new landfill, they felt Site 17, located near Duke Forest, was unsuitable and also should be dropped I f"-mtt , M- .v,- I Iff J Protesters outside South worth my (Hardin's) time.'" Epps said further protests were a definite possibility. "Now, we're no longer going to be diplomats, we're no longer talking at the table; we're going to do it the old fashioned way protest," he said. Charles McNair, a senior from Halifax, attended the protest carrying a sign that stated "shut them down." "Shut down the administration," McNair said. "If they don't want to Sokolowski, an unemployed roofer, was undergoing evaluation Thursday night at Dorothea Dix Hospital, the state psychiatric hospital in Raleigh. Investigators reported that a feminine-looking earring was in one of the ears, and another ear was pierced, indi cating that they belonged to a female. One ear was found in the freezer, while two more were found on a porch railing outside the house. A fourth ear was found in a bowl of plastic fruit on the kitchen table, ac cording to The Associated Press. Two knives, two axes and a hammer also were found at the site along with more than 100 bone fragments, accord ing to a sheriff's department list re disqualify landfill site airport, officials say from consideration. Both sites are lo cated near the present Eubanks Road landfill and Duke Forest. "The two sites are actually one," he said. "It's not fair to pick two sites side by side. Taking Site 3 off the active list is promising, though. The LOG did nothing incredible, but they did the ob vious." Mark Marcoplos, a spokesman for the Orange Citizens Landfill Council, said the LOG should embrace a com prehensive solid-waste management plan for Orange County before giving the LSC the go-ahead to designate a new landfill site. "Will there be a need for a new land fill in 1997? I don't think so," Marcoplos said. "Community recycling efforts are improving every day, but the search committee hasn't taken this into effect." Greed and profit-seeking are at the root of the committee's endeavors, he said. "These people want to do their best to take someone's farm and do their nasty work for the next couple of genera tions," Marcoplos said. 'They're in it forthe money the biggerthe landfill, the better for them." J would Vhl it fv ?Mytp Building criticize Chancellor Paul Hardin's meet our demands, shut it down." McNaircited several possibilities for the disruption of work on campus. "Ei ther by having housekeepers goon strike or other ways," McNair said. "There is a high chance of a sit-in, maybe as quickly as next week. "Hardin's Plantation" was spelled out in red letters on a banner held by various members of the coalition. Michelle Thomas, BCC ambassa dor, said organizers planned to display more body parts leased Thursday. Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox said earlier this week that gunshots were evident in the torso and skull discovered Monday. Sokolowski was charged with one count of first-degree murder in connec tion with the death of Rubel Gray "Little Man" Hill, 35. Fox said Thursday that no additional murder charges had been filed in con nection with Wednesday'sdiscovery of body parts. Neighbors' reports of a chainsaw being carried from the home by a man earl ier this week could not be confirmed, Fox said. Officials have speculated that the Valerie Kubacki, a member of the LSC, said choosing the largest site possible would ensure the longest-lasting landfill. "This is the last landfill we're going to be able to put in Orange County," she said. "There's just no more land. We should go for the largest, most suitable tract of land possible." Tom Gurganus, a LOG member, said that greed and profit did not factor into the search for a new landfill site and that the LSC should move forward with its search rather than yield to citizen complaints. "The charge calling for a waste management plan rather than a landfill is not a valid one," he said. "Regard less of how much recycling we do, we're going to need a new landfill." LOG member Don Willhoit said the LSC should provide additional sites to ensure a basis of comparison between final sites. "None of the sites is perfect because there are people near all of them," he said. "There are going to be objectors at every turn, but having three sites available to examine and assess will enable us to pick the best possible site." have made a good 4t ft II it I "Wlw f rx r-nwr , .... j 11- W '' response to a list of demands drafted by a coalition of student groups the banner every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in addition to repeated phone calls. Protesters responded to Hardin's presence in Charlotte at the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tourna ment by chanting "Not ACC but BCC." Organizers distributed a letter at the protest addressed to Hardin from Heyd, Wilkens, Epps and Campus Y Co-president Elizabeth Kolb. The letter called for Hardin, rather than Boulton, to ad dress these issues. female remains belong to Pamela Owens Ellswood, 42, who lived with Sokolowski for the last three or four years. Ellswood has not been seen for at least three weeks. David Owens, Ellswood's father, said Thursday from his home in Winston Salem that he had not received any additional information about his daugh ter. Owens declined to comment on the case. Some Orange County residents ex pressed disbelief about the incident. Sharon Lavallee said her husband had been near the house about a month ago. Her husband described the house as "strange," she said. "It makes me scared that we live this Lack of job security upsets employees of Carolina Inn By Bonnie Rochman Assistant University Editor Employees of the Carolina Inn, which is in the process of selecting new man agement, have received no guarantee that they will be able to retain their jobs once a new company takes over. Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan cellor for business and finance, said the new company would be chosen from three finalists. "Hopefully within this month we'll arrive at which company we want and start negotiating a deal with them," she said. "Ouropening position is that we want the people there hired by the new com pany," she said. "One of our criteria when we asked them to submit propos als was keeping the employees." But Jeri Ann Leinfelder, inn reserva tions assistant, acknowledged that many inn employees were nervous about the upcoming takeover because it could mean losing their jobs. "We haven't been told one way or another," she said. "This is my only job. I'm very worried because I'm single and I'm not on my parents' insurance, so I'm worried about that as well." Elfland said all the finalists have pope. Richard . iii 4-- DTH)on Alkeson The letter dismissed the idea of incorporating the BCC into an addi tion to the Student Union as "unfea sible." It also accused Hardin of denying that the housekeepers' grievance against the University exists. The letter states Boulton's memo randum is "woefully inadequate and constitutes a slap in the face." It also promised more protests until Hardin submits an "appropriate response." in Orange County close to something like this," she said. Wanda Hatch, another Orange County resident, said the nature of the crime frightened her. "I think it's terrible," she said. "It's sickening that someone does something like that." Her husband, Butch Hatch, added that he had never seen anything like it in Orange County. The house is located on a 200-acre tract of land and is surrounded by pas tures. Investigatorsonly searched within a 1 00-foot radius of the house. Fox said. Curtis Bauer, 31, of Graham, who was arrested for accessory after the fact, hadgiven police additional information about the case after being charged, Fox indicated their interest in retaining the inn's employees. But because of the uncertainty about the future of their jobs, the University has given priority consideration to per manent inn employees for transfer within the University, Elfland said. "There were 92 or 93 permanent em ployees when we started the priority consideration for transfer. "Now there are about 20," she said. "Of the 20 or so, the majority are folks who don't want to stay with the state (as a state employee) and want to stay with the hotel business." People who were hired to replace those who transferred are classified as temporary employees, she said. Tem porary employees receive no benefits and are not eligible for unemployment compensation if they are fired. Gigi Amer, an inn accountant, said the University puts temporary employ ees on a six-month renewal period after which they can dismiss them legally. John Tullar, a front-desk clerk, said he was a temporary employee receiving no benefits. "I've only been here six months, but some people have been here a year without any benefits." Amer, who is leaving the inn for a Nixon Protest calls may break N.C. statute By Marty Minchln Staff Writer Some students plan to flood Chan cellor Paul Hardin's home and office phone lines with calls until he takes action on a set of demands, but by doing so, they could be acting against the law. Participants in a rally in front of South Building on Wednesday signed up for specific times to call Hardin. Michelle Thomas, black cultural center ambassador, also urged supporters to call on their own time. "We will be flooding thechancellor's office and home with phone calls,"Tho mas told supporters at the rally. "We paid for his telephone, and we paid for his house so you can call his house." The sign-up sheet has spaces for two callers every IS minutes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day until March 18, when members expect to receive another re sponse from Hardin. Members of the B lack Student Move ment, Campus Y and other campus groups have demanded a free-standing black cultural center, an endowed chair for the late UNC professor Sonja Stone and higher wages for University house keepers. Detective Walter Dunn of Univer sity Police said that if Hardin com plained to the police about the calls, it could be considered harassment. "As far as the police are concerned, it's not going to be anything unless Chancellor Hardin complains," Dunn said. "Chancellor Hardin is the chancel lor of the University, and I think he will know how to handle the situation:" Attorney George Doyle said N.C. Statute 14-196, subsection A.3, states that if someone repeatedly calls another with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or terrify, they could be in violation of the law. "While their purposes may be noble, there is a law in North Carolina which prohibits harassing or annoying phone calls, and their intent would be a crucial element as to whether the law is being See CALLS, page 2 said Wednesday. Bauer initially reported a homicide to the sheriffs department after he said he saw a dog carrying a human hand in its mouth. Bauer, an Orange County resident, has six counts of forgery pending against him in Chapel Hill, according to Or ange County court documents. Bauer, Ellswood, Hill and Sokolowski all lived in the Schley com munity north of Hillsborough off of N.C. 57. Orange County Sheriffs deputies conducted interviews Thursday with individuals who might have informa tion about the Sokolowski case. position outside the University, said she did not participate in the transfer program because she would not have been placed in a position that corre sponded to her skill level. "For people who were highly quali fied, they went to positions that were lower than their abilities," she said. Yvette Alleyne, an administrative assistant, said her future and those of her fellow employees was up in the air. 'They're going to try to keep every body, so I've heard," she said. "They're trying to keep us informed, but they can't tell us anything because they're basically waiting for companies to give an answer." Alleyne said she thought those em ployees in managerial positions would have more of a reason to worry than those in positions like her own. ' Catering director Jiske Ong dis agreed. "Usually with hotel manage ment companies, they'll come in and put in their own people in managerial positions," she said. Ong said everyone at the inn was "pretty excited" about the pending change. "We just want it to come al ready because temporary people aren't getting benefits."